Sororicide "The Entity (Iceland, Platonic Records, PLACD-3)"

Sororicide is the act of killing one's own sister, or one who kills one's own sister.

Sororicide was founded in 1989 by Gísli (bass/vocals) and Gaui (guitar). To begin with they played heavy thrash metal but soon evolved into death metal. The first gig was in June the same year, but it wasn't until the band won the national band contest Músíktilraunir Tónabæjar in 1991, under the name Infusoria, that they started to get noticed. Soon after they changed the name back to Sororicide and autumn 1991 saw the band enter the studio.

The album The Entity was released in December the same year by an Icelandic record label called Platonic Records. The line-up was, along with Gísli and Gaui, Kalli on drums, Fróði on guitar and Bogi on lead vocals. The album got a fine reception and sold reasonably well. Early 1992 Bogi left the band, and Gísli took over lead vocal duties again. 

Tracklist:

1. Human Recycling 04:22   
2. Anger of the Inferior 04:18  
3. Redrum 04:26  
4. Blind 04:37  
5. Vivisection 03:11   
6. The Entity 04:22
7. Saturated 02:32  
8. Sick Interment 03:30   
9. Sororicide 02:08  
10. Old 03:15  
11. Withered Earth 03:43  
12. Frightmares 04:21   

Time:  44:45  

This album was distributed in Iceland by a label called Skífan.

Initially the album sold well in Iceland, but then most copies wound up at sale markets for low prices. A few years later Platonic Records moved and destroyed a lot of its inventory. Sororicide got some copies just before the clean out and that is why they could sell them back in 2000.

Trivia: In 2000, 9 years after it's release, the band sold leftover copies of their album at their last gig for next to nothing. In 2008 a CD copy sold on Internet auction for over 600€ and another for over $2200! However the sales seem to have stopped in the recent times, considering most of them were buy-it-now auctions with similar prices as of 2008. In 2012 original copies have sold for more than 1.000 $ each.

ATTENTION: The CD-reissue 2007 by "Strike Force Records" is one of many cheap CD-R bootlegs made by the infamous bootlegger "vegascds" to cash in expensive / sought after CD rarities!

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio Sýrland.

The Vintage Caravan "Arrival"

The Vintage Caravan are a rock band from Álftanes, Iceland. The band was formed in 2006 by Óskar Logi Ágústsson and Guðjón Reynisson before bassist Alexander Örn Númason joined after the first studio album. There has been just one line-up change since the founding of the band when Stefán Ari Stefánsson replaced Guðjón Reynisson on drums in 2015. The band have released three studio albums.

Arrival is the third album by Icelandic Stoner/Rock Band The Vintage Caravan, released in 2015

Track list: 

1. Last Day Of Light 6:36
2. Monolith 3:20
3. Babylon 5:31
4. Eclipsed 6:43
5. Shaken Beliefs 4:37
6. Crazy Horses 3:13
7. Sandwalker 4:36
8. Innerverse 6:50
9. Carousel 4:27
10. Winter Queen 8:46

Bonus:

1. Say Hello 2:07
2. Five Months 3:05

Sólstafir "Ótta"

Ótta (an old time form for the time of the day from 3 to 6 AM) is the fifth album by the Icelandic heavy metal band Sólstafir. It was released on August 29, 2014 through the record label Season of Mist.

Track listing:

All lyrics written by Sólstafir; all music composed by Sólstafir.

1. "Lágnætti" "Midnight", lit. "Low Night" 8:44
2. "Ótta" "Dead of Night" 9:38
3. "Rismál" "Dayrise", lit. "Sunrise-time" 4:24
4. "Dagmál" "Morning", lit. "Daytime" 5:39
5. "Miðdegi" "Midday" 4:18
6. "Nón" "Noon" 7:47
7. "Miðaftann" "Mid Evening" 5:39
8. "Náttmál" "Nighttime" 11:15

Dedicated to the memory of LSK.

The album was reviewed by Jonas Renkse for Metal Hammer UK.

Recording information:

Recorded @ Sundlaugin, Mosfellsbær, Iceland, December 2013 & January 2014.

Mastered @ Tube Mastering, Herts, England.

Sólstafir "Svartir Sandar"

Svartir sandar is the fourth album by the Icelandic band Sólstafir. It was released on October 14, 2011 through Season of Mist. A music video for the song Fjara was made in July 2011 and released in January 2012.

Track listing:

Disc 1 (Andvari)

1. "Ljós í stormi" (Lights in a Storm) – 11:35
2. "Fjara" (Beach) – 6:44
3. "Þín orð" (Your Words) – 6:13
4. "Sjúki skugginn" (The Sick Shadow) – 5:07
5. "Æra" (Honour) – 5:02
6. "Kukl" (Humbug) – 5:08

Disc 2 (Gola)

1. "Melrakkablús" (Prairie Hound Blues) – 9:58
2. "Draumfari" (Dream Tripper) – 3:40
3. "Stinningskaldi" (Strong Breeze) – 1:15
4. "Stormfari" (Storm Tripper) – 3:37
5. "Svartir sandar" (Black Sands) – 8:22
6. "Djákninn" (The Deacon) – 10:51

English translations:

Title: Black Sands (a reference to Iceland's volcanic soil)

Recording information:

Recorded in Studio Sundlaugin and various places in Iceland in May 2011.